Polet Airlines is set to launch a twice weekly scheduled air service from Tolmachevo International Airport on the route Voronezh – Ekaterinburg – Novosibirsk from 20 May and will utilize a SAAB-2000 aircraft. In September 2009 the carrier launched a cargo service on the route with a long-haul IL-96-400T freighter. … [Read more...] about New Polet service from Tolmachevo Airport

Airport City Development Co., Ltd. (ACL) recently announced the completion of their new ACLP International Building located next to the Airport City Logistics Park (ACLP) part of the Tianzhu Free Trade Zone. Targeted at MNCs and aviation logistics-related companies, ACL said the new building offers prime office space and a technologically advanced business environment and offers a one-stop customs declaration and inspection hall. The ACLP International Building is located in the eastern … [Read more...] about ACL opens new facility at Beijing Capital airport

Despite the weather-related adverse effects on air traffic, Fraport AG – the owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) – registered more cargo and passengers in January 2010 at FRA than in the comparable month last year. Airfreight tonnage increased at noticeably higher rates in the reporting month with some 157,637 tonnes of airfreight representing a 32.2 per cent gain. “Last month was the busiest January for airfreight handling in the history of Frankfurt … [Read more...] about Record setting January for cargo at Frankfurt

In a bid to improve safety at Los Angeles International Airport, more stoplights will be installed along 10 high-speed taxiways and one runway. The Federal Aviation Administration will design, maintain and pay for the entire light system, which will warn pilots when it’s safe to enter or cross a runway, airport officials said. Plans call for embedding runway status lights at six more taxiway intersections and the inner runway on the south airfield. Lights will also be installed at … [Read more...] about More runway safety lights for LAX

Like most of its counterparts around the world, the global financial and economic crisis did not leave Munich Airport’s traffic figures unscathed in 2009. The total airfreight volume at Munich Airport, at almost 216,000 tonnes, was 11 per cent lower than in the previous year, but the quarterly figures for the cargo business show a clear upward trend, the airport said. After plummeting 26 per cent in the first quarter, the freight volume was already posting positive results again in … [Read more...] about Munich Airport sees 11% cargo drop last year

Dubai is on track to open its second and the world’s largest airport – the Al Maktoum International – on 27 June this year, according to Dubai Airports CEO, Paul Griffiths. The airport will open with the launch of freighter operations which will be followed by passenger operations at a later stage. The new airport is part of the US$33 billion Dubai World Central (DWC) development in Jebel Ali. … [Read more...] about Al Maktoum Int’l to open end-June